First-stroke recovery process: The role of family social support

2000 ◽  
Vol 81 (7) ◽  
pp. 881-887 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evie Tsouna-Hadjis ◽  
Kostas N. Vemmos ◽  
Nikolaos Zakopoulos ◽  
Stamatis Stamatelopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Stroke Recovery ◽  
Family Social Support

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT IN ADULT WOMEN´S WEIGHT LOSS: A LITERATURE REVIEW

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 38-44
Author(s):  
Tatiana Martínez-Jaikel
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Excess Body Weight ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Weight Loss Programs ◽  
Family Social Support ◽  
Positive Effect

Introduction: Excess body weight, is a worldwide health problem. Social support may play a central role during weight loss processes; however, this relationship has not been clearly established. Objective: To determine the role of social support in adult women´s weight loss. Methods: We conducted a systematic review searching four databases: PubMed, Ebsco Medline with full text, PsycINFO, and Web of Science; and including articles that were 1) related to at least one of the research question; 2) intervention studies aiming to evaluate the effectiveness of the familiar social support component in weight loss; 3) the population of the study was adult women between 18 and 65 years. Results: Ten studies relating family social support to weight loss: only a few of them have shown an association between weight loss and family social support, and none of the studies found an association between family social support and BMI; involving family members in weight loss programs seems to have some positive effect but the results are mixed. Limitations: Studies used different definitions and measures to evaluate family social support; some of them were excluded because they did not differentiate in their analysis between men and women. Conclusions: It seems to be a positive effect between social support and weight loss in women, but more studies are necessary to draw solid conclusions.

scholarly journals The role of neuroplasticity in stroke nursing

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. S20-S25
Author(s):  
Niamh C Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Brain Damage ◽  
Multidisciplinary Team ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Stroke Recovery ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Optimum Conditions ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Role Of Nursing

Background: Neuroplasticity refers to the brain's ability to reorganise and change in response to experience or after brain damage. Neuroplasticity is an imperative component of recovery from stroke, and rehabilitation aims to capitalise on this during a patient's recovery. Aims: To highlight the role of neuroplasticity in stroke recovery and to explore how stroke nursing can use it. Methods: The paper is a narrative review of the literature on neuroplasticity and role of nursing in stroke recovery. Findings: Nurses can play a pivotal role in ensuring optimum conditions for neuroplasticity through a variety of means. These include the encouragement of repetition, integration of repetition into everyday tasks, creating a stimulating environment, educating stroke patients as well as their carers about the recovery process and working as part of multidisciplinary team. Conclusions: This paper highlights the important role stroke nursing can play in enhancing neuroplasticity during stroke recovery.

Self-esteem development in middle childhood: Support for sociometer theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophia W. Magro ◽  
Till Utesch ◽  
Dennis Dreiskämper ◽  
Jenny Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Multilevel Models ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Second Graders ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Family Social Support ◽  
Sociometer Theory

Though it is well-established that self-esteem develops from childhood well into old age, little is known about the processes that influence this change, especially among young populations. This international, cross-sequential study examined the development of self-esteem in 1599 second-graders (Age MT1 = 7.99, SDT1 = 0.52 years; 52% male) in the Netherlands and Germany over three years. Multilevel models revealed that mean-level trends in self-esteem were stable across time among all demographic groups, but that males and students in the Netherlands consistently had higher self-esteem than females and students in Germany. Further analyses examining the role of social support in self-esteem development demonstrated that individuals with better peer and family social support tended to have higher levels of self-esteem and that within-person changes in social support were directly related to changes in self-esteem level, providing support for sociometer theory. These findings suggest that demographic factors as well as social support are important predictors of self-esteem as early as middle childhood.

scholarly journals The Role of Self-Confidence as a Mediator Influence of Family Social Support to Well-Being Patients of Stroke Patients

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.29) ◽  
pp. 593
Author(s):  
Anastasia Sri Maryatmi
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Healing Process ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Stroke Treatment ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Family Social Support ◽  
Long Time

In modern society stroke becomes a major threat in many countries. In Indonesia in 2015 stroke was ranked first as the cause of death. Stroke treatment takes a long time, and during that time the patient's physical and psychological condition will tend to decrease. In order to healing process to run optimally, the psychological aspects of the patient need more attention. One of that needs attention is the well-being, it is intended that the patient does not dissolve in his suffering. This study aims to examine the role of self-confidence as a mediator of the influence of family social support on the psychological well-being of patients with stroke. Respondents in this study were stroke patients who were undergoing therapy at three hospitals in Jakarta, amounting to 157 patients. Methods of data collection using a scale with Likert type. Based on the analysis of research data obtained results that family social support affects thepsychological well-being through self-confidence. 

The Life Tape Project: Increasing Family Social Support and Symbolic Immortality with a Brief Existential Intervention for Cancer Patients and Their Families

2006 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest Rosenbaum ◽  
Robert W. Garlan ◽  
Naama Hirschberger ◽  
Alison L. Siegel ◽  
Lisa D. Butler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Medical Team ◽  
Supportive Environment ◽  
Symbolic Immortality ◽  
Family Social Support ◽  
The Family ◽  
Emotional Equilibrium

Cancer poses a powerful threat to the emotional equilibrium of patients and their families. A key role of the family and medical team is to provide a supportive environment as the patient confronts the reality of death. Few interventions have been developed to help families support patients in dealing with fears of death and dying. We present one such approach, the Life Tape Project (LTP), that helps bring families closer together, increases communication, and acts as an existential intervention leading to greater sense of legacy, meaning, self-awareness, identity, and connection. Additionally, the results of a pilot study exploring the benefits of the LTP are presented, and we describe symbolic immortality, an aspect of existential coping, to illuminate how existential and social support factors can work together to benefit patients and their families.

scholarly journals Workload, generic and work–family specific social supports and job stress

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (8) ◽  
pp. 1778-1804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sari Mansour ◽  
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Job Stress ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Specific Work ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Family Social Support ◽  
Family Friendly ◽  
Work Family

Purpose The present study aims to investigate the mediating role of work–family conflict (WFC) and family–work conflict (FWC) on the effects of workload and the generic and specific work–family social support in job stress. Design/methodology/approach Using AMOS 20 through bootstrap analysis for indirect effect, the study assessed the abovementioned relationships based on data collected from 258 respondents in the hospitality industry in Quebec. Findings The findings indicate that workload increases job stress via WFC and FWC. Both generic and specific work–family social support decrease job stress through WFC and FWC. Organizational support for reconciling work and family life is more significant than generic supervisor support. Family support reduces job stress via WFC but not via FWC. Research limitations/implications In future studies, it would be interesting to explore the effects of variables such as gender, marital status, hotel category and the job category, as well as cultural origin. Practical implications The results of this research should alert employers in the hospitality industry to engage in family-friendly policies that include not only practices such as working time arrangements, family leave and onsite child care services, but also to be committed to create a family-friendly culture and to adopt the best forms of supportive policies at work. Originality/value By emphasizing cross-domain effects, the present research contributes to the existing knowledge by testing the mediating role of WFC and FWC in the effects of workload and various resources of social support on job stress.

A moderated mediation model of the association between coworker social undermining and knowledge hiding

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bashir Ahmad ◽  
Imran Shafique ◽  
Masood Nawaz Kalyar
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Undermining ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Family Social Support ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
Hiding Behavior ◽  
Knowledge Hiding ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This study aims to test the relationship between perceived coworker social undermining and knowledge hiding behavior among Pakistani doctors working in hospitals. This study further investigates the mediating role of employee cynicism (EC) and the moderating role of family social support between the association of family social support and knowledge hiding. Design/methodology/approach Time lagged approach was used to collect the data from 391 trainee doctors working in large hospitals in Pakistan. Findings The findings suggest that coworker social undermining is significantly related to EC and knowledge hiding behaviors. EC mediates the relationship between EC and knowledge hiding. Furthermore, family social support was found to play a buffer role such that the indirect effect of social undermining on knowledge hiding through cynicism was weak for those who received high family social support and vice versa. Originality/value Knowledge hiding is deleterious to effective organizational functioning. This study adds to knowledge about the relationship between coworker social undermining and knowledge hiding behavior. This research extends the existing research streams of social undermining and knowledge hiding research to one of the underrepresented South Asian context, Pakistan.

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